Chapter Forty-Three: The Giant Deer Resists the Enemy

At the same time that Zheng Chenggong attacked Phi Dao, the Qing army, which was more than 80 miles away from the island, saw the beacon fire emerging from Phi Dao and was shocked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Don't know what's going on? Could it be that the North Korean sailors attacked Phi Dao? They never imagined that it was the sailors of the Ming Dynasty who came thousands of miles away to attack their hinterland, and hurriedly reported to Shengjing while arranging dozens of small boats, each with twenty soldiers on board to support Phi Dao.

As soon as these small boats were halfway to the surface of the sea, they ran into Zheng Chenggong's sailors, "Sink these ships!" Zheng Chenggong ordered.

After a few cannon shots, these small boats wanted a cannonball to smash through a boat, and the Qing soldiers on the boat, wearing armor, fell into the icy sea water and struggled not long after the beginning of spring.

The Qing troops on the shore jumped to their feet in a hurry, and could only watch as the Qing troops who fell into the sea sank to the bottom of the sea after a while.

"Get close to the coast and blast those Qing troops on the shore for me!" Zheng Chenggong ordered viciously. When the Qing troops on the shore saw the warship approaching them, they were so frightened that they quickly turned around and ran.

"Phew, cheap these Tartar dogs!" Zheng Chenggong spat into the sea. "Land, put the heads of those Tartars on the shore and build them. Let's continue to harass the Tartars along this coast, and if we touch the Tartars' fishing boats, we will sink them all. ”

After Zheng Chenggong's sailors left, a large number of Qing troops came to the coast and saw a small hill made of more than 2,000 Qing army heads guarding Phi Island set up on the shore, and a white silk next to it read: "Those who offend my Ming Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away!" ”

After the emperor Taiji in Shengjing learned the news, he was dizzy and exclaimed, "This is the counterattack of the Ming Dynasty in retaliation for my Qing Dynasty's invasion of Xuanfu!" Soon there was news that this Ming Dynasty naval division bombarded the coastal areas of the Qing Dynasty along the road, and the garrisons from all over the country were exhausted, but this naval division just did not go ashore, and it was extremely cunning. The Qing troops on the shore had nothing to do with them, and once they got close to the warship, they were bombarded, and they could only scold their father and mother from a distance, which was very funny.

Just when Zheng Chenggong attracted the Qing army to defend the coast, Yue Tuo and Dolgon, who were far away in HB Zhending, led their troops to Julu. At this time, the 5,000 tired soldiers of Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Xuanda, were marching, and the army had been without food for five days, and they all relied on drinking water to satisfy their hunger.

"Brother Tinglin, the situation is not quite right." Staff generals Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei panted and found Yang Tinglin together, saying, "We have been looking for Tartars, but after chasing for several days, there is no one in sight, and Tartars will not have retreated outside the gate." ”

Yang Tinglin nodded, and said in deep thought, "I also think it's strange, it stands to reason that the Tartars have plundered a lot, and the marching speed will not be too fast." Our army should catch up, and after another 200 miles, it will be outside the pass, and the Tartars will not wait for us in front, right? ”

The three of them gasped, if this was the case, wouldn't it be a sheep into the tiger's mouth? The three of them decided to go to Lu Xiangsheng.

Lu Xiangsheng was riding on a horse at this time, and he was also worried. He had been on the battlefield for many years, and instinctively sensed a danger. He led his army to pursue Tatar for more than a month, but he could not find any trace of the other party, and his army had been without food for many days, and now he was about to approach the border, he did not feel half joy, but smelled a smell of conspiracy.

"Lord Governor!" Someone shouted behind him, Lu Xiangsheng turned around, and saw his three generals galloping over, Yang Tinglin was his most trusted subordinate, and he had been by his side for many years. Yang Guozhu is a veteran who has been in the position of Xuanfu general for many years, and knows the terrain of Xuanda very well, while Hu Dawei is the general of the defeated army that he saved. Last year, he was transferred to HB and Zuo Liangyu to assist Xiangyang and attack Zhang Xianzhong, but was defeated by Zhang Xianzhong. The reason for the defeat was not Hu Dawei, but Zuo Liangyu's 100,000 troops were defeated first, and Hu Dawei's 3,000 troops could not support it alone, so they could only escape. Chongzhen was furious when he learned about it, he didn't dare to treat Zuo Liangyu's crime, so he wanted to deal with Hu Dawei. Lu Xiangsheng, who was in the capital at the time, was under the protection of Hu Dawei, and Hu Dawei was not convicted, and then Lu Xiangsheng transferred Hu Dawei to his side.

"Three generals are here, what is the matter?" Lu Xiangsheng asked.

The three of them were about to speak, when the probe horse galloped over, "Report --- I rode a sentry to find that the giant deer in front was guarded by Qing soldiers." ”

"What?" Lu Xiangsheng's eyes widened, and he asked loudly, "Can you find out how many troops the Tartars have?" ”

"The Tartars have a large army, at least 30,000!" The spy replied.

"Huh?" When everyone heard this, they took a breath of cold air.

"General Yang, this governor ordered you to go to the high prison army to urge him to come and join our army immediately." Lu Xiangsheng ordered, "The two generals, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, ordered the army to choose a good terrain and camp on the spot. At this time, Lu Xiangsheng calmed down, and the time to come is still here. He believed that the Qing army would definitely come to attack him.

Dolgon and Yueto are in the city of Giant Deer, confidently deploying their attacking army.

"Prince Lian, fortunately, we left those supplies and captured people in Hengshui, otherwise we wouldn't have gone around to Lu Xiangsheng so quickly and waited for him. Ahaha--" Yueto said to Dorgon with a smile.

Dolgon smiled, "Exploring the horse found that although Lu Xiangsheng was the governor of Xuanda, he only had 5,000 tired soldiers in his hands, and that eunuch had nearly 30,000 troops. I don't know if this Lu Xiangsheng is stupid or this Ming Dynasty emperor is stupid, this opportunity is really effortless, it is really my blessing of the Qing Dynasty, how can this Ming Dynasty be immortal? ”

Yue Tuo nodded and said, "The Ming Dynasty has run out, and in the future, this Central Plains will be my Qing Dynasty!" Haha--"

"Herald! The Mongolian Chahar Department, the Chechen Khan Department, and Ulanqab took the lead, the red and white flags were the rear army, and the Prince Cheng and the prince's personal guards were the central army, and they went out of the city to fight. Dorgon ordered.

The 30,000 Qing troops in Julu City finally showed their sharp teeth and slowly pounced like a giant beast towards Lu Xiangsheng, ten miles outside the city.

Lu Xiangsheng's army, Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei, each led a hundred firecrackers and archers, and a thousand infantry were stationed on the two wilderness hills. The ten furlong machines brought were deployed on the road between the two mountains, and the front of the road was scattered with iron nails, and these iron nails were spiked upwards no matter how they were thrown, which were sharp weapons against war horses. Behind the iron nails are two rows of horse-repellent stakes, covered with spikes. Behind the rejecting suit were 300 musketeers and archers, 2,000 infantry with shields beside him, and more than 1,000 cavalry from Lu Xiangsheng as the final shock force.

As soon as it was set up, the sentries on the hill waved the flag, and the Qing soldiers came! Lu Xiangsheng took out his sword, put on his armor the white filial piety clothes for his father, and silently recited, "If Lu dies here today, I hope that my father will know about it underground, and I will give my dream to my old mother in Jiangnan, and forgive the child for not being able to do filial piety for her old man anymore!" ”

A hurried sound of horses' hooves sounded in the valley, and Lu Xiangsheng shouted, "All the soldiers listen to the order and prepare to meet the enemy!" Ben Governor is behind you! Don't be afraid, let these Tartars see the majesty of my Ming soldiers! After speaking, he took the lead in singing, "Angry hair rushes to the crown, relying on the place, Xiaoxiao rain rest." Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, and be fierce. Thirty fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons. Don't wait, the young man's head is white, empty and sad. Jing Kang is ashamed, and it is still snowing; When the courtiers hate, when will they perish. Drive a long car and step through the lack of Helan Mountain. Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. To start from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky. ”

All the soldiers also sang Yue Fei's song "Man Jianghong" loudly, full of pride, and the passionate singing resounded through the valley, and even the sound of the hooves of the Qing soldiers and cavalry was muffled.

As the vanguard, the Mongolian Eight Banners cavalry stood side by side in front of the valley, looking at each other, but they didn't expect that the five thousand Ming Dynasty soldiers on the opposite side would have such a high fighting spirit.

Dolgon looked at the terrain in the Chinese army, nodded and said, "This Lu Xiangsheng really lives up to his name!" I chose an excellent battlefield, the valley is long and narrow, and it is not easy for my cavalry to break through, but even if you are a hard bone, this king will smash you today! The Chahar army was ordered to attack the front, the Chechen Khan to attack the Ming army on the hill on the left, and Ulanqab to attack the Ming army on the hill on the right. ”

As soon as the Mongol cavalry of the Chahar Department gave an order, they rushed straight towards the Ming army in front like a wild horse on the loose. The observation gunners of the Ming army shouted continuously: "Five miles! Four miles! Three miles! Erli! Lu Xiangsheng waved his sword, "Fire!" "Ten furlong planes opened fire at the same time, and the cannonballs smashed into the Mongolian cavalry that was galloping, only to see these shotguns burst in the air, all kinds of thistles, iron thorns, and iron nails flew in the air, and the Mongolian cavalry were all leather armor, and they fell off their horses one by one screaming.

The cavalry who escaped the shotgun attack rushed to the front and stepped on the iron nail laid on the ground, the war horse jumped straight in pain, many cavalry were thrown off the horse by the war horse, and the cavalry who fell to the ground was pierced by the iron nail and the blood flowed like an infusion, and the unlucky one was directly pierced into the head by the iron nail, and died immediately.

"There are nails on the ground!" Some cavalrymen exclaimed in Mongolian. The cavalry behind desperately pulled up the reins, and the heads of many war horses were bent and fell to the ground, and many of the horse's legs were broken.

The cavalry of the Chahar division had no choice but to retreat, and in this sortie, more than 500 of the cavalry of 2,000 men were killed in a single round under the shotguns and iron nails.

Dorgon ordered the clad minions of the Armored Man to come forward and remove the nails. Although these clothed minions were slaves of the Jurchens, they often had to go to the battlefield as cannon fodder.

At this time, fighting also began on the hills on both sides, and the Mongol soldiers of the Chechen Khan and Ulanqab rushed to the hill under the supervision of the Qing soldier Niu Lu, only to see the fire gunners and archers on both sides firing at the same time, and the Mongol soldiers rolled down the hill. "Archer!" Qing Jun Niu Lu ordered.

It is said that the Mongols are good at shooting, and it is true, a sharp arrow is aimed at the Ming army on the hill, and the Ming army keeps hearing the screams of being shot. Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei shouted, "Shield cover!" Bands of infantry hurriedly raised their shields in front of the musketeers and archers, and the arrows clanged on their shields.

However, because the Mongol soldiers attacked from the bottom up, it was quite difficult, and the speed of the advance was not as fast as the flat ground, in order to block the guns and bows and arrows of the Ming army on the mountain, the infantry raised their shields and walked in front and slowly moved upward.

Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei immediately ordered the fire guns to reload and shoot, the shields of the Mongolian soldiers are all rattan armor, which is more effective against bows and arrows, but it has little effect on lead bullets, only to hear a burst of smoke, one by one lead bullets through the rattan armor into the body of the soldiers behind, the Mongolian soldiers in front of the body are bleeding, wailing and falling to the ground. The soldiers in the back felt a chill when they saw it, and they didn't dare to go any further.

Niu Lu of the Qing army took out his waist knife and slashed two retreating Mongolian soldiers in a row, shouting, "There are few Ming soldiers, rush me!" There is a retreat, and the slash is made! ”

The Mongol soldiers thought that if they entered, they would die, and if they retreated, they would die. Let's fight it! So another honeycomb rushed up the hill. At this time, the Ming army on the mountain began to exert its might, and one after another shotguns smashed into the rushing enemy, and the Mongolian soldiers who hit fell a large area. The dirt below the mountain was stained red with blood, giving off a disgusting smell of blood.

In this way, the Qing soldiers kept charging, and the three-way Ming army kept defending and counterattacking, and they fought all day, but they did not even attack the Ming army camp.

Dolgon and Yueto's faces changed dramatically in the army, what kind of army is this? It's not that they have been out of food for many days, how can they still have such a high fighting spirit to fight against their own 30,000 troops, what kind of mind has enabled them to support until now?

Dellen came in with a bloody face, and hurriedly said, "Two princes, this battle can't be fought, the soldiers of the three Mongolian tribes have been disabled, and even our Manchu warriors have been beaten back after rushing several times!" I really can't figure it out, what is this small Ming army made of, so difficult to fight! ”

Dolgon sighed and said, "It is said that Lu Xiangsheng is good at governing the army, and now this king really admires him!" If the Ming army everywhere wants his troops to be fierce here, where do I dare to fight the attention of the Ming Dynasty? After the order was given, the warriors were exhausted, stopped attacking, and made plans after resting. Prince Cheng, you go to the three Mongolian tribes, they have suffered a lot today, and they need to be appeased. ”

Lu Xiangsheng is not having a good time here, although he has repelled countless attacks of the Qing army today, but he has also lost nearly a thousand people on his side, and the worst thing is that the shells and arrows have been used up eight or nine times out of ten, once the ammunition is exhausted, what awaits him will be the attack of the Qing army and a large force of cavalry.

Yang Guozhu and Hu Dawei gathered in Lu Xiangsheng's big tent, looking silent. Yang Guozhu said, "Inspector, the last general suggests that we should withdraw from the army." ”

Lu Xiangsheng asked in a deep voice, "Retire?" Now that the main forces of the Tartars on the opposite side are gathered, where can we retreat? ”

"The soldiers have been without food for many days, after this battle, I am afraid that I will not be able to fight again tomorrow, there is a small village called Jiazhuang ten miles away here. If our army can retreat there, find some food to fill their stomachs, and regain their strength before they can fight the Tartars again. Yang Guozhu proposed.

"Oh? Got a village? Lu Xiangsheng has shared weal and woe with the soldiers in the past five days, and he has not eaten a grain of rice, and his stomach has long been empty. After thinking for a while, he nodded and said, "Okay, take advantage of the night to move my department to Jiazhuang!" ”